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and jayar made the comment that when they didn't show the coffins after the iraq war, that's just propaganda. you have to know the cost of war. and then our second topic, todd akin. he is doing it again. he made the famous comments about if it's legitimate rape a women's body has a way of shutting down so it doesn't get pregnant. and he has a debate with senator mccaskill. he said this . . . now senator mccaskill had a chance to respond. she said this. >> i don't know exactly what his accusation that i'm not lady like means. i'm a former courtroom prosecutor and i try to be strong and informed and i think the debate was tough for todd because i went through the list of his very, very extreme positions, and i think that maybe he wasn't prepared to answer to some of that. >> cenk: ana how would you feel if a guy said you shouldn't be as aggressive as you were because that's not lady like. >> i would be livid and that would lead me to be even more unlady like. [ laughter ] >> cenk: michael? >> it is amazing. every kay there is something new. mitt romney must be so happy that todd akin is out th
and jayar made the comment that when they didn't show the coffins after the iraq war, that's just propaganda. you have to know the cost of war. and then our second topic, todd akin. he is doing it again. he made the famous comments about if it's legitimate rape a women's body has a way of shutting down so it doesn't get pregnant. and he has a debate with senator mccaskill. he said this . . . now senator mccaskill had a chance to respond. she said this. >> i don't know exactly what his...
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i think under those circumstances, al gore would have pushed hard against iraq. up not only would have had republicans urging it, you would have had many democrats who believed that sadaam had weapons of mass destruction. >> who cares he didn't attack us. >> uh-uh. i'm not arguing. >> there's no way vice president gore would have been that irrational. no way. >> chenk that's -- you're not listening to me. i agree with you. you're hitting a straw mat. i am suggesting that the politics would have been much tougher. vice president lieberman who would have been vice president would have been as anxious to go into iraq as dick cheney. he was one of the leading hawks of either party and so the picture i paint is not al gore going into iraq, no. he said at the time it would have been mike attacking the phillipines after pearl harbor. the picture i paint is a president under enormous political pressure and suffering politically for not going into iraq. that's my book, you're entitled to write your own history. >> look, so vice president lieberman sent a chill down my spi
i think under those circumstances, al gore would have pushed hard against iraq. up not only would have had republicans urging it, you would have had many democrats who believed that sadaam had weapons of mass destruction. >> who cares he didn't attack us. >> uh-uh. i'm not arguing. >> there's no way vice president gore would have been that irrational. no way. >> chenk that's -- you're not listening to me. i agree with you. you're hitting a straw mat. i am suggesting that...
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and jayar made the comment that when they didn't show the coffins after the iraq war, that's just propaganda. you have to know the cost of war. and then our second topic, todd akin. he is doing it again. he made the famous comments about if it's legitimate rape a women's body has a way of shutting down so it doesn't get pregnant. and he has a debate with senator mccaskill. he said this . . . now senator mccaskill had a chance to respond. she said this. >> i don't know exactly what his accusation that i'm not lady like means. i'm a former courtroom prosecutor and i try to be strong and informed and i think the debate was tough for todd because i went through the list of his very very extreme positions, and i think that maybe he wasn't prepared to answer to some of that. >> cenk: ana how would you feel if a guy said you shouldn't be as aggressive as you were because that's not lady like. >> i would be livid and that would lead me to be even more unlady like. [ laughter ] >> cenk: michael? >> it is amazing. every kay there is something new. mitt romney must be so happy that todd akin is out the
and jayar made the comment that when they didn't show the coffins after the iraq war, that's just propaganda. you have to know the cost of war. and then our second topic, todd akin. he is doing it again. he made the famous comments about if it's legitimate rape a women's body has a way of shutting down so it doesn't get pregnant. and he has a debate with senator mccaskill. he said this . . . now senator mccaskill had a chance to respond. she said this. >> i don't know exactly what his...
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somehow, we've got to have enough money to invade iraq. when mitt romney said i'm going to pay nothing was it then called an intentionally defective grantor trust he's screwing you on that and screwing you when he moves his money to the cayman islands. we all want to do that, but you got to pay your taxes when you do it. in fact, here is steven brightstone, a person who deals with these kind of estate maneuvers all the time. he says: >> in other words god we used to do that he is tricks all the time so the rich wouldn't have to stay taxes. remember romney talking about that 47% that doesn't pay federal in come tax, can you believe what funds they are? how about you you didn't pay a dime on that $100 million. you're the bum. you're the cheat. when he was asked hey have you done anything where you can show empathy toward other human beings? that seems an easy question, right no here's what mitt romney says. >> don't forget, i got everybody in my state insured. 100% of the kids in our state have health insurance. i don't think there is anythi
somehow, we've got to have enough money to invade iraq. when mitt romney said i'm going to pay nothing was it then called an intentionally defective grantor trust he's screwing you on that and screwing you when he moves his money to the cayman islands. we all want to do that, but you got to pay your taxes when you do it. in fact, here is steven brightstone, a person who deals with these kind of estate maneuvers all the time. he says: >> in other words god we used to do that he is tricks...
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oh let's go to iraq instead let's go to iraq instead. well why? this is great remember richard clark, the counter terrorism advisor who said for the love of god concentrate on al-qaeda. >> he said there aren't any good targets in afghanistan and there are lots of good targets in iraq. i said there are lots of good targets in lots of places, but iraq had nothing to do with it. >> just a couple of months after 9/11 itself. look at the president president george w. bush, talking about the man who attacked us on that day. get a load of this. >> so, i don't know where he is. you know, i just don't spend that much time on it to be honest with you. you know, who knows if he's hiding in some cave or not. we haven't heard from him in a long time, and the idea of focusing on one person is really indicates to me people don't understand the scope of the mission. terror is bigger than one person. >> so, there's the guy flat out admitting i don't care about 9/11. i don't care about the guy who did 9/11 and now dick cheney after all that, you want to try take a
oh let's go to iraq instead let's go to iraq instead. well why? this is great remember richard clark, the counter terrorism advisor who said for the love of god concentrate on al-qaeda. >> he said there aren't any good targets in afghanistan and there are lots of good targets in iraq. i said there are lots of good targets in lots of places, but iraq had nothing to do with it. >> just a couple of months after 9/11 itself. look at the president president george w. bush, talking about...
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. >> they are coming back from iraq and afghanistan and they can't find work. >> and i'll tell you what the republicans are going to do about it. that hypocrisy is unbelievable. >> later in the show, the elbow from the sky. who gets it today? well bring your guesses to@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining start you morning with a daily dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. >> you know, if there's one thing you know about the republicans, man they support the troops, right? how many times have you heard that? a million times. how many ribbons did you see all over the cars? in fact, late last year, republican senator john busman told him how his mom checks in on him and how he's doing for veterans. >> one of her questions would be what have you done for veterans lately. i was always able to answer that question with a clean conscience while serving in the house and now in the senate. >> great. senator, you're going to get another opportunity to help vetera
. >> they are coming back from iraq and afghanistan and they can't find work. >> and i'll tell you what the republicans are going to do about it. that hypocrisy is unbelievable. >> later in the show, the elbow from the sky. who gets it today? well bring your guesses to@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining start you morning with a daily dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the...
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. >> cenk: no, no, in iraq, they kicked us out. >> how long would john mccain have stayed. we knew in libya we knew in north africa what the demeanor of john mccain was from the get-go. >> cenk: wait a minute. i think we went in a smarter way than mccain would have done. so that would make a difference. >> a really big difference. >> cenk: see, on this i'm totally with lupe. you think mccain would have done anything worse than killing i. citizens without a fair trial trial. >> on foreign policy i don't think mccain would have used diplomacy the way this president has. >> if you're going to to debate this come at them. don't call them stupid, dumb, silly, or young idiots, because then you're not taking them seriously. >> cenk: that's a good point. you have to engage substantially. in the website we think you should vote no matter what. and rocky anderson and gary johnson is an independent. look through the candidates and find out what you think for yourself. when we come back, we've got a very important story--o chick-fil-a. do you remember how they were going to "kumbaya" a
. >> cenk: no, no, in iraq, they kicked us out. >> how long would john mccain have stayed. we knew in libya we knew in north africa what the demeanor of john mccain was from the get-go. >> cenk: wait a minute. i think we went in a smarter way than mccain would have done. so that would make a difference. >> a really big difference. >> cenk: see, on this i'm totally with lupe. you think mccain would have done anything worse than killing i. citizens without a fair...
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you're the stupid asss who started the iraq war how did that go? that was a disaster. if this is their representative of foreign policy, no wonder why they're getting their akk kicked kicked. one more. >> a mediocre plan violently and promptly executed is better than a perfect plan to late. the president is a guy who wants all the facts. you never get all the facts in time. the world doesn't work that way. >> cenk: that's awesome. so we should attack indiscriminately. i don't have the facts. who needs the goddamn facts. i wonder why the republicans are losing in foreign policy, i can't tell. now let's bring in our epics politics man, michael shure. let's break this down. it only gets worse for romney. random attacks. >> and random attacks on romney, too. >> cenk: one of his top visors said if romney was in charge we wouldn't have had any attacks on the embassyies because they would have respected them. >> because that's fact-based. >> cenk: yes, they attack embassies all the time. that's ridiculous. tell me how romney is hurt in other ways. >> he's hurt among just ever
you're the stupid asss who started the iraq war how did that go? that was a disaster. if this is their representative of foreign policy, no wonder why they're getting their akk kicked kicked. one more. >> a mediocre plan violently and promptly executed is better than a perfect plan to late. the president is a guy who wants all the facts. you never get all the facts in time. the world doesn't work that way. >> cenk: that's awesome. so we should attack indiscriminately. i don't have...
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. >> when they did eavesdrop on our soldiers in iraq, what is the first thing they listened to? phone sex. of course! that's what they always do when they do warrantless wiretapping you let power get out of control. eliot, what do you have for us? >> chenk, i just got to tell you that story you were just talking about, hugely important. we have whistle blowers from the n.s.o. on a couple of months ago. what goes on there is without boundaries. it's unbelievable how much they're getting away with. the 47% that mitt romney has made famous, we're going to be talking about that. it's going to be an amazing thing to see how this filters out. is this the beginning of the end for mitt romney or is this going to get his base excited because this is what they belieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieie i look at her, and i just want to give her everything. yeah you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultants. so i can just go ta
. >> when they did eavesdrop on our soldiers in iraq, what is the first thing they listened to? phone sex. of course! that's what they always do when they do warrantless wiretapping you let power get out of control. eliot, what do you have for us? >> chenk, i just got to tell you that story you were just talking about, hugely important. we have whistle blowers from the n.s.o. on a couple of months ago. what goes on there is without boundaries. it's unbelievable how much they're...
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. >> obama: four years ago i promised to end the war in iraq. we did. [applause] i promised to refocus on the terrorists who attacked on 9/11, and we have. in 2014, our longest war will be over. al-qaeda is on the bath to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> cenk: hard to argue with that. no turn to go mitt romney and paul paul's lack of experience of foreign policy, here is some good lines as well. >> obama: my opponent and his running mate are "new" to foreign policy. [applause] but from all that we've seen and heard they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost america so dearly. you don't call russia our number one enemy--not al-qaeda-- al-qaeda--russia--unless you're still stuck in a cold war mind warp. >> cenk: towards the end of his speech, president obama had my favorite line of the night. >> obama: you're the reason a young immigrant grew up here, went to school here and pledge allegiance to our flag will not be deported from the only country she has ever called home. by selfless soldiers won't be kicked out of th
. >> obama: four years ago i promised to end the war in iraq. we did. [applause] i promised to refocus on the terrorists who attacked on 9/11, and we have. in 2014, our longest war will be over. al-qaeda is on the bath to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> cenk: hard to argue with that. no turn to go mitt romney and paul paul's lack of experience of foreign policy, here is some good lines as well. >> obama: my opponent and his running mate are "new" to foreign...
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of course i thought the iraq war was a disaster, but they didn't start the war and they were sent in the middle of that mess. i'm curious about your politics. a lot of people have differing issues about veterans. >> right. >> right. >> cenk: the democrats a lot of times stands up for more veterans benefits but a lot of veterans support republicans, i don't know why. more pro-war? what's your take on that? >> as long as i stay with my take and don't go democratic and just go veteran. just us as a country you know, we haven't taken care of our veterans. you can name any war. it's just an ongoing battle that we have hoo t tesesnsnsility fo r goingng to happen. you know it's going to happen, but peace will exist and providence exists. we need to look out for our peace. >> cenk: if we're willing to start the war we should take care of our guys when they come back. when you perform sometimes you do an obama impersonation. >> it's pretty easy, people like it. >> cenk: go ahead. >> the world is easy. i could make it sound important. kellogg's frosted flakes are part of an essential breakfast
of course i thought the iraq war was a disaster, but they didn't start the war and they were sent in the middle of that mess. i'm curious about your politics. a lot of people have differing issues about veterans. >> right. >> right. >> cenk: the democrats a lot of times stands up for more veterans benefits but a lot of veterans support republicans, i don't know why. more pro-war? what's your take on that? >> as long as i stay with my take and don't go democratic and just...
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. >> they are coming back from iraq and afghanistan and they can't find work. >> and i'll tell you what the republicans are going to do about it. that hypocrisy is unbelievable. >> later in the show, the elbow from the sky. who gets it today? well bring your guesses to@tyconcurrent. welcome to the possibilities of membership. welcome in. american express. on my next show, guest host john fuelsang talks to dick cavett and sex columnist dan savage and finds out that "ya know, sometimes grocho's cigar was just a cigar." >> only on current tv. >> you know, if there's one thing you know about the republicans, man they support the troops, right? how many times have you heard that? a million times. how many ribbons did you see all over the cars? in fact, late last year, republican senator john busman told him how his mom checks in on him and how he's doing for veterans. >> one of her questions would be what have you done for veterans lately. i was always able to answer that question with a clean conscience while serving in the house and now in the senate. >> great. senator, you're going to get
. >> they are coming back from iraq and afghanistan and they can't find work. >> and i'll tell you what the republicans are going to do about it. that hypocrisy is unbelievable. >> later in the show, the elbow from the sky. who gets it today? well bring your guesses to@tyconcurrent. welcome to the possibilities of membership. welcome in. american express. on my next show, guest host john fuelsang talks to dick cavett and sex columnist dan savage and finds out that "ya...